Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare
Empathy curriculum stream
We are developing a handbook which will cover the undergraduate curriculum activities for each of the themes listed.
- Theme 1: Empathy-focused and evidence-based empathy skills training
- Theme 2: Getting real patients into the lecture theatre during the teaching of pathophysiology
- Theme 3: Transition course
- Theme 4: Walk a mile in your shoes
- Theme 5: Health enhancement and wellbeing
- Creative health
- Artificial intelligence and empathy
Theme 1: Empathy-focused and evidence-based empathy skills training
All medical schools teach communication skills, however, they are often not evidence-based or empathy focused. Through rigorous research, we have developed and delivered a longitudinal empathy-focused communication skills training programme to medical students and healthcare professionals.